October 22, 2010 09:32 PM UTC

A plea to John Hickenlooper from an ardent supporter

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• by: Half Glass Full

(Is it time to think about the unthinkable?  Could a proven liar — former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, who solemnly pledged to retire from Congress after three terms and then ran for five terms — slip through the cracks because 527 attack ads are savaging John Hickenlooper while Tancredo gets a free pass.  And least one respected Polster is worried about the possibility. – promoted by Voyageur)

John: I love you, man. You’ve been a terrific, moderate, pragmatic mayor of Denver. You have all the skills needed to be the best solution to get the State of Colorado through the tough, lean years ahead. Will it be easy for you? Nope: you’ll get the Full Obama Treatment from those on the Radical Right who have no shame and no responsibility, and who are not interested in good governance. But you will do a good, responsible job.

So that being said:

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?

I know you don’t want to run any negative ads, and you don’t have to. But your friends who have 527s should run a few against that idiotic, hypocritical disaster Tom Tancredo. Your friends seem to be assuming that everyone in Colorado is aware of Tom’s evils, misdeeds and hypocrisy – but they aren’t. There need to be some negative ads out there against him.

But you’re not doing those ads. Instead, you need to get a lot less cutesy in your ads and just show your earnest face with the fair-to-middling haircut on the airwaves, saying something straight to the camera like:

“This isn’t going to be one of those ads we’ve all been assaulted with lately – with the ominous music and professional actors. I just want to speak to all Coloradans – Independents, Republicans and Democratics – for a minute.

The next Governor of Colorado will not have an easy time. It will be a hard road to get us back out of the recession we’ve been in these past years. But if you elect me your governor, I will not showboat and try to earn cheap headlines. Instead I will work cooperatively with our lawmakers from BOTH parties to balance the budget, avoid any new taxes and fees, cut any services we can’t afford, and run a tight ship.

I will not try to turn the serious issue of illegal immigration into a cheap sideshow. I will instead work cooperatively with the federal government and with out legislature to tackle this issue head on in a serious, responsible way.

I have a proven record of creating jobs in the private sector and of protecting jobs and making hard decisions in the public sector. I have been a successful private businessman – a geologist and a small business owner. I have not spent most of my life working in government or for political think tanks.

I hope all of you, Democrats, Republicans and Independents, will take a good, hard look at my record and give me the honor of your vote for Governor. If you elect me, I will work for all of you. Thank you.”

John, that’s all we need: some serious, grown-up face time with you!

Please do it NOW. You probably don’t need to, to be honest. But I’m getting so sick and tired of hearing that insufferable Dan Caplis, his lapdog Craig Silverman, and the blatantly partisan Clear Channel Radio just harping on and on about that lying hypocrite Tom Tancredo.

Thank you.

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